Partisan competition, growth, and the franchise

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1155-1189

  Llavador, Humberto ^a   Oxoby, Robert J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 25144488102     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355305774268237     Document Type: Review

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